The consumer market for Agarwood is well developed in the Middle East and Northeast Asia where Agarwood has been used for over one thousand years. Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok are major traders of Agarwood while Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia are major producers. The increasing scarcity of illegal forest Agarwood makes plantation grown Agarwood much sought after to meet ...Selengkapnya

"The most amazing thing about agarwood is the fragrance itself. It smells like incense, with an underlying hint of musk and a lingering sweetness after that. It is a beautiful fragrance." So enthuses Bian Tan, Programme Coordinator in Southeast Asia for Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). Also known as aloeswood, eaglewood, gaharu and oudh, this fragrant resinous heartwood has been ...Selengkapnya

The sustainable Oud oil currently being produced by Asia Plantation Capital (APC) in their modern artisan distilleries has recently achieved approval by IFRA (The International Fragrance Association) for use in the production of fine fragrances.

APC’s Oud is one of the few sustainably produced oud oils to achieve this standard and probably the only plantation produced oil to have ...Selengkapnya

Half a million agarwood trees will be planted throughout the country under Tesco Stores (M) Sdn Bhd's Greener Earth Tree Planting programme.

Tesco Stores and the Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) recently inked a memorandum of understanding to plant the trees in the next three years. Partly funded by the sale of plastic bags on Saturdays, the programme is part of Tesco's ...Selengkapnya

s a result of short-sighted human activities in economic and social spheres during the past century or so under the pretext of development, planet earth today has faced with numerous dangerous ecological problems that result in environmental disasters.z_pvii-Sadaharitha.jpg

The existence of sandalwood in the natural environment is diminishing fast due to over-exploitation. ...Selengkapnya